The 62nd National Awards 2015 have been announced Wednesday celebrating the best in business. Kangana Ranaut took home her second national award for her brilliant performance in Queen, which incidentally bagged the best Hindi film award. The best feature film award went to Chaitanya Tamhane’s multi-lingual debut movie Court, which has in its kitty 17 international awards and has been screened in several film festivals across the world. It is scheduled to release in India 17th April, 2015.
The complete list of National Award winners:
Best Hindi Film: Queen
Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal
Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu
Best Assamese Film: Othello
Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito
Best Konkani Film: Nachom – IA Kumpasar
Best Kannada Film: Harivu
Best Malayalam Film: Ain
Best Marathi Film: Killa
Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar
Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984
Best Rabha Film: Orong
Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour
Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur
Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)
Best Music Direction:
a) Songs – Haider (Hindi)
b) Background Score – Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)
Best Choreography: Bismil (Haider)
Special Mention: Ain (Malayalam), Nachom – IA Kumpasar (Konkani), Killa (Marathi), Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)
Best Educational Film: Komal and Behind the Glass Wall
Best Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force – India’s Western Ghats
Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang
Best Animation Film: Sound of Joy
Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa
Best Writing on Cinema : Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)- Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao
Best Writing on Cinema : G. Dhananjayan for Pride of Tamil Cinema (Special Mention)
Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider
Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishanan for Saivam (Tamil) for song Azhagu
Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh for song Bismil from Haider
Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Queen) (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)
Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Best Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)
Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director: Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)
The 62nd National Awards 2015 have been announced Wednesday celebrating the best in business. Kangana Ranaut took home her second national award for her brilliant performance in Queen, which incidentally bagged the best Hindi film award. The best feature film award went to Chaitanya Tamhane’s multi-lingual debut movie Court, which has in its kitty 17 international awards and has been screened in several film festivals across the world. It is scheduled to release in India 17th April, 2015.
The complete list of National Award winners:
Best Hindi Film: Queen
Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal
Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu
Best Assamese Film: Othello
Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito
Best Konkani Film: Nachom – IA Kumpasar
Best Kannada Film: Harivu
Best Malayalam Film: Ain
Best Marathi Film: Killa
Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar
Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984
Best Rabha Film: Orong
Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour
Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur
Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)
Best Music Direction:
a) Songs – Haider (Hindi)
b) Background Score – Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)
Best Choreography: Bismil (Haider)
Special Mention: Ain (Malayalam), Nachom – IA Kumpasar (Konkani), Killa (Marathi), Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)
Best Educational Film: Komal and Behind the Glass Wall
Best Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force – India’s Western Ghats
Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang
Best Animation Film: Sound of Joy
Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa
Best Writing on Cinema : Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)- Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao
Best Writing on Cinema : G. Dhananjayan for Pride of Tamil Cinema (Special Mention)
Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider
Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishanan for Saivam (Tamil) for song Azhagu
Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh for song Bismil from Haider
Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Queen) (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)
Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Best Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)
Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director: Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)